Meribeth C. Shank reviews children's books, writes picture books, teaches adult classes on Writing Books for Children, works in the Media Center at Miami Country Day School, an independent school in Miami Shores, Florida, and earned her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College and her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Goshen College.
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Monday, October 26, 2015

Mistakes (Monday Poem)

by Shane Book

The nightstick hooks under my armpits.Don't fucking move, he yells again and yanks.
My chin grinds my chest, knees leave the ground
and then I'm pavement slammed. My mistake is

the cigarette. The way I walk. A smirk.
I should've dropped the smoke the moment flashing
red lights began to re-graffiti that
cinder-block wall. Before the gun led blue-

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I'm a Specialist in Children's and Young Adult Literature, specifically in Educational and Library settings. Also, I review children's books for magazine and newspaper and I write for children. Additionally, I have trained to be a Labyrinth Facilitator.